Synchronizability and synchronization dynamics of weighed and unweighed scale free networks with degree mixing

dc.creatordi Bernardo, Mario
dc.creatorGarofalo, Franco
dc.creatorSorrentino, Francesco
dc.date2005-04-13
dc.date2006-10-09
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dc.descriptionWe study the synchronizability and the synchronization dynamics of networks of nonlinear oscillators. We investigate how the synchronization of the network is influenced by some of its topological features such as variations of the power law exponent $γ$ and the degree correlation coefficient $r$. Using an appropriate construction algorithm based on clustering the network vertices in $p$ classes according to their degrees, we construct networks with an assigned power law distribution but changing degree correlation properties. We find that the network synchronizability improves when the network becomes disassortative, i.e. when nodes with low degree are more likely to be connected to nodes with higher degree. We consider the case of both weighed and unweighed networks. The analytical results reported in the paper are then confirmed by a set of numerical observations obtained on weighed and unweighed networks of nonlinear Rössler oscillators. Using a nonlinear optimization strategy we also show that negative degree correlation is an emerging property of networks when synchronizability is to be optimized. This suggests that negative degree correlation observed experimentally in a number of physical and biological networks might be motivated by their need to synchronize better.
dc.description22 pages, 10 figures, Accepted for publication on International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0504335
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0504335
dc.identifierInternational Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos (IJBC) Volume: 17 No: 7 Year: 2007 pp. 2419-2434
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/143711
dc.subjectDisordered Systems and Neural Networks
dc.titleSynchronizability and synchronization dynamics of weighed and unweighed scale free networks with degree mixing
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